Senior Health Analyst I

About Us:

Building Services 32BJ Benefit Funds ("the Funds") is the umbrella organization responsible for administering Health, Pension, Retirement Savings, Training, and Legal Services benefits to over 100,000 SEIU 32BJ members. Our mission is to make significant contributions to the lives of our members by providing high quality benefits and services. Through our commitment, we embody five core values: Flexibility, Initiative, Respect, Sustainability, and Teamwork (FIRST). By following our core values, employees are open to different and new ways of doing things, take active steps to improve the organization, create an environment of trust and respect, approach their work with the intent of a positive outcome, and work collaboratively with colleagues.

For 2023 and beyond, 32BJ Benefit Funds will continue to drive innovation, equity, and technology insights to further help the lives of our hard-working members and their families. We use cutting edge technology such as: M365, Dynamics 365 CRM, Dynamics 365 F&O, Azure, AWS, SQL, Snowflake, QlikView, and more. Through this technology investment, we have gathered and analyzed thousands of data insights to influence health insurance legislation and propose new health policy. Our efforts have galvanized many leaders and the consensus is there is plenty more work to be done.

Please take a moment to watch our video to learn more about our culture and contributions to our members: youtu.be/hYNdMGLn19A

Also, visit our 32BJ Health Fund Funds Insight page: 32bjhealthfundinsights.org

Summary: 32BJ Health Fund is looking for a talented Senior Health Analyst to perform complex analyses on claims data to generate data-driven insights that inform strategic decisions of the Executive leadership. This person needs to be passionate about working with dirty data, be flexible in dealing with ambiguity and be a storyteller.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Health Fund's commitment to improving lives of 32BJ members by providing high-quality benefits
• Perform analyses on claims data to measure trends in healthcare utilization and costs
• Provide support for other internal units within the Fund to facilitate outreach to members
• Write complex data programming code and summarize into accurate reports
• Use claims data to test specific hypotheses related to Fund's strategic initiatives
• Evaluate performance of Fund's vendors and partners to drive optimal care
• Organize, maintain, and transform large quantities of real-world data into manageable units
• Coordinate with the vendors and other partners to successfully deliver projects

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required

• At least two (2) years of work experience in health claims analytics
• Proficiency with at least one statistical or programming language (i.e. SQL, Python, R, Stata, SAS) and a willingness to learn additional software
• Some experience with SQL and business intelligence tools (i.e. Qlikview or Tableau) preferred
• Some familiarity with best practices for version control and documentation
• Comfortable employing techniques such as joining, aggregating, and reshaping to clean messy data and using descriptive statistics to help address inconsistencies in the data
• Strong research background with health care industry or consulting experience preferred
• Have knowledge of ICD9/10, Revenue, DRG and CPT coding and general health care reimbursement methodologies
• Strong writing and presentation skills with the ability to express complex analysis in simple to understand language and visuals
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and the MS Office suite

Interpersonal Skills:

• Detail oriented with excellent organizational and analytical skills
• Curious to understand and pursue outlying data points and to clarify opaque findings
• Eager to find insights in the data and to effectively share findings
• Highly communicative and collaborative - must love working in a complex team environment
• Anticipates questions and takes initiative to resolve them
• Ability to prioritize work, seek support when needed, communicate timelines and meet deadlines

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree in research or health related field required. MPA or MPH strongly preferred.

Language Skills: Fluent in English

Reasoning Ability: High

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: None

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Under 1/3 of the time: Standing, Walking, Climbing or Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, or Crawling
• 1/2 to 2/3 of the time: Sitting, Reaching with Hands & Arms
• Over 2/3 of the time: Talking or Hearing
• 100% of the time: Using Hands